diff --git a/src/nm-session-monitor.c b/src/nm-session-monitor.c
index 4877b7703..c701bdb3b 100644
--- a/src/nm-session-monitor.c
+++ b/src/nm-session-monitor.c
@@ -189,6 +189,19 @@ error:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void
+session_merge (Session *src, Session *dest)
+{
+	g_return_if_fail (src != NULL);
+	g_return_if_fail (dest != NULL);
+
+	g_warn_if_fail (g_strcmp0 (src->user, dest->user) == 0);
+	g_warn_if_fail (src->uid == dest->uid);
+
+	dest->local = (dest->local || src->local);
+	dest->active = (dest->active || src->active);
+}
+
 /********************************************************************/
 
 static void
@@ -237,14 +250,24 @@ reload_database (NMSessionMonitor *self, GError **error)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		Session *found;
+
 		if (!g_str_has_prefix (groups[i], "Session "))
 			continue;
 
 		s = session_new (self->database, groups[i], error);
 		if (!s)
 			goto error;
-		g_hash_table_insert (self->sessions_by_user, (gpointer) s->user, s);
-		g_hash_table_insert (self->sessions_by_uid, GUINT_TO_POINTER (s->uid), s);
+
+		found = g_hash_table_lookup (self->sessions_by_user, (gpointer) s->user);
+		if (found) {
+			session_merge (s, found);
+			session_free (s);
+		} else {
+			/* Entirely new user */
+			g_hash_table_insert (self->sessions_by_user, (gpointer) s->user, s);
+			g_hash_table_insert (self->sessions_by_uid, GUINT_TO_POINTER (s->uid), s);
+		}
 	}
 
 	g_strfreev (groups);